PSYCH 110 - CHAPTER 11(100% Guaranteed)
Developmental psychology correct answers The branch of psychology concerned with
interaction between physical and psychological processes and with stages of growth from
conception throughout the entire life span
Normative investigations correct answers Research efforts designed to describe what is
characteristic of a specific age or developmental stage
Developmental age correct answers The chronological age at which most children show a
particular level of physical or mental development
Longitudinal design correct answers A research design in which the same participants are
observed repeatedly, sometimes over many years
Cohort correct answers The group of individuals born in the same time period as the research
participants
Cross-sectional design correct answers A research method in which groups of participants of
different chronological ages are observed and compared at a given time
Physical development correct answers The bodily changes, maturation, and growth that occur in
an organism starting with conception and continuing across the life span
Zygote correct answers The single cell that results when a sperm fertilizes an egg
Prenatal period correct answers The moment of conception until the moment of birth
Germinal stage correct answers First two weeks after the formation of the zygote of prenatal
development. During this stage, cells begin to divide rapidly and after about one week a mass of
microscopic cells attaches itself to the mother's uterine wall
Embyronic stage correct answers Eighth week of prenatal development; rapid cell division
continues, but the cells begin to become specialized to form different organs
Teratogens correct answers Any environmental factor that causes structural abnormalities in the
fetus
Robert Fantz correct answers Observed that babies as young as four months old preferred
looking at objects with complex features over those that were more plain
Eleanor Gibson and Richard Walk correct answers Examined how children respond to depth
information, using an apparatus called a visual cliff. Demonstrated that children would readily
leave the centre board to crawl across the shallow end, but they were reluctant to crawl across the
deep end.
, Maturation correct answers The process of growth typical of all members of a species who are
reared in these species's usual habitat
Maturation correct answers The continuing influence of heredity throughout development; the
age-related physical and behavioural changes characteristic of a species
Pubescent growth spurt correct answers The first concentrate indicator of the end of childhood;
At around age 10 for girls and age 12 for boys, growth hormones flow into the bloodstream. For
several years, the adolescent may grow three to six inches a year and gain weight rapidly.
Puberty correct answers The process through which sexual maturity is attained
Menarche correct answers The onset of menstruation
Menopause correct answers The cessation of menstruation and ovulation
Cognitive development correct answers The development of processes of knowing, including
imagining, perceiving, reasoning, and problem solving
John Locke correct answers Believed in tabula rasa, in a view known as Empiricism. It credits
human development to experience. Believe that what directs human development is the
stimulation people received as they are natured
Jean-Jacques Rousseau correct answers Argued that the nativist view that nature, or the
evolutionary legacy that each child brings into the world, is the mould that shapes development
Jean Piaget correct answers Developed theories about the way children think, reason, and solve
problems
Schemes correct answers Piaget's term for cognitive structures that develop as infants and young
children learn to interpret the world and adapt to their environment
Sensorimotor intelligence correct answers Mental structures or programs that guide sensorimotor
sequence, such as sucking, looking, grasping, and pushing
Assimilation correct answers Modifies new environmental information to fit into what is already
known; the child accesses existing schemes to structure incoming sensory data
Assimilation correct answers According to Piaget, the process whereby new cognitive elements
are fitted in with old elements or modified to fit more easily; this process works in tandem with
accommodation
Accommodation correct answers According to Piaget, the process of restructuring or modifying
cognitive structures so that new information can fit into them ore easily; this process works in
tandem with assimilation
Developmental psychology correct answers The branch of psychology concerned with
interaction between physical and psychological processes and with stages of growth from
conception throughout the entire life span
Normative investigations correct answers Research efforts designed to describe what is
characteristic of a specific age or developmental stage
Developmental age correct answers The chronological age at which most children show a
particular level of physical or mental development
Longitudinal design correct answers A research design in which the same participants are
observed repeatedly, sometimes over many years
Cohort correct answers The group of individuals born in the same time period as the research
participants
Cross-sectional design correct answers A research method in which groups of participants of
different chronological ages are observed and compared at a given time
Physical development correct answers The bodily changes, maturation, and growth that occur in
an organism starting with conception and continuing across the life span
Zygote correct answers The single cell that results when a sperm fertilizes an egg
Prenatal period correct answers The moment of conception until the moment of birth
Germinal stage correct answers First two weeks after the formation of the zygote of prenatal
development. During this stage, cells begin to divide rapidly and after about one week a mass of
microscopic cells attaches itself to the mother's uterine wall
Embyronic stage correct answers Eighth week of prenatal development; rapid cell division
continues, but the cells begin to become specialized to form different organs
Teratogens correct answers Any environmental factor that causes structural abnormalities in the
fetus
Robert Fantz correct answers Observed that babies as young as four months old preferred
looking at objects with complex features over those that were more plain
Eleanor Gibson and Richard Walk correct answers Examined how children respond to depth
information, using an apparatus called a visual cliff. Demonstrated that children would readily
leave the centre board to crawl across the shallow end, but they were reluctant to crawl across the
deep end.
, Maturation correct answers The process of growth typical of all members of a species who are
reared in these species's usual habitat
Maturation correct answers The continuing influence of heredity throughout development; the
age-related physical and behavioural changes characteristic of a species
Pubescent growth spurt correct answers The first concentrate indicator of the end of childhood;
At around age 10 for girls and age 12 for boys, growth hormones flow into the bloodstream. For
several years, the adolescent may grow three to six inches a year and gain weight rapidly.
Puberty correct answers The process through which sexual maturity is attained
Menarche correct answers The onset of menstruation
Menopause correct answers The cessation of menstruation and ovulation
Cognitive development correct answers The development of processes of knowing, including
imagining, perceiving, reasoning, and problem solving
John Locke correct answers Believed in tabula rasa, in a view known as Empiricism. It credits
human development to experience. Believe that what directs human development is the
stimulation people received as they are natured
Jean-Jacques Rousseau correct answers Argued that the nativist view that nature, or the
evolutionary legacy that each child brings into the world, is the mould that shapes development
Jean Piaget correct answers Developed theories about the way children think, reason, and solve
problems
Schemes correct answers Piaget's term for cognitive structures that develop as infants and young
children learn to interpret the world and adapt to their environment
Sensorimotor intelligence correct answers Mental structures or programs that guide sensorimotor
sequence, such as sucking, looking, grasping, and pushing
Assimilation correct answers Modifies new environmental information to fit into what is already
known; the child accesses existing schemes to structure incoming sensory data
Assimilation correct answers According to Piaget, the process whereby new cognitive elements
are fitted in with old elements or modified to fit more easily; this process works in tandem with
accommodation
Accommodation correct answers According to Piaget, the process of restructuring or modifying
cognitive structures so that new information can fit into them ore easily; this process works in
tandem with assimilation
